Improvement in butter-dishes



W. H. FITCH.

BUTTER-DISH.

Patented A pri13 1877,

ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTHQGRAPHH. wA'snmewnfu. C.

FFIGE WILLIAM H. FITCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-DISHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,092, dated April 3,1877; application filed February 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. Enron, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedButter-Dish, of which the following is a specification In theaccompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view; and Fig. 2, avertical longitudinal section on line 0 0, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, A represents a butter dish or plate, that is stamped upof a sheet-metal blank, in the customary manner. The sides A of the dishare made straight with outwar i inclination, and connected at thecorners by outwardly-projecting moldings B, which are thrown beyond theoutside edge of the dish by narrow tapering sections a, that extend atright angles, or nearly so, from the sides.

This outwardly-projecting section a serves not only to stiffen thesides, but mainly for the purpose of providing for the surplus stock atthe corners, and avoiding the creasing or wrinkling of the sides by thetoo large quantity of stock at the rounded-ofl' corners.

The throwing or bulging out of the corners has the additional advantageof requiring less power in stamping the dishes, so that two or more maybe stamped up by the same blow, and of producing a smooth, stiff, anddurable dish of uniform appearance, and without the objectionable foldsor creases that are generally found in sheet-metal dishes of this kind.

Having thus described myinvention, claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- A metallic butter-dish having inclined sides,

connected by corner moldings B, having the sections to extendedoutwardly from the sides,

as shown and described.

. WILLIAM H. FITCH.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, O. SEDGWIGK.

